Upblow
(Up*blow"), v. t. To inflate. [Obs.] Spenser.

Upblow
(Up*blow"), v. i. To blow up; as, the wind upblows from the sea. [Obs.] Spenser.

Upbraid
(Up*braid") v. i. [imp. & p. p. Upbraided; p. pr. & vb. n. Upbraiding.] [OE. upbreiden; AS. upp up + bregdan to draw, twist, weave, or the kindred Icel. bregða to draw, brandish, braid, deviate from, change, break off, upbraid. See Up, and Braid, v. t.]

1. To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach; to cast something in the teeth of; — followed by with or for, and formerly of, before the thing imputed.

And upbraided them with their unbelief.
Mark xvi. 14.

Vet do not
Upbraid us our distress.
Shak.

2. To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.

Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done.
Matt. xi. 20

How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness!
Sir P. Sidney.

3. To treat with contempt. [Obs.] Spenser.

4. To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; — with to before the person. [Obs.] Bacon.

Syn. — To reproach; blame; censure; condemn.

Upbraid
(Up*braid"), v. i. To utter upbraidings. Pope.

Upbraid
(Up*braid"), n. The act of reproaching; contumely. [Obs.] " Foul upbraid." Spenser.

Upbreak
(Up*break") v. i. To break upwards; to force away or passage to the surface.

Upbreak
(Up"break`) n. A breaking upward or bursting forth; an upburst. Mrs. Browning.

Upbreathe
(Up*breathe") v. i. To breathe up or out; to exhale. [Obs.] Marston.

Upbreed
(Up*breed") v. t. To rear, or bring up; to nurse. "Upbred in a foreign country." Holinshed.

Upbrought
(Up*brought") a. Brought up; educated. [Obs.] Spenser.

Upbuoyance
(Up*buoy"ance) n. The act of buoying up; uplifting. [R.] Coleridge.

Upburst
(Up"burst`) n. The act of bursting upwards; a breaking through to the surface; an upbreak or uprush; as, an upburst of molten matter.

Upcast
(Up"cast`) a. Cast up; thrown upward; as, with upcast eyes. Addison.

Upcast
(Up"cast`) n.

1. (Bowling) A cast; a throw. Shak.

2. (Mining.) The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine; — distinguished from the downcast. Called also upcast pit, and upcast shaft.

3. An upset, as from a carriage. [Scot.]

4. A taunt; a reproach. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.


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